Understanding Religious Sacrifice: A Reader (Controversies in the Study of Religion)

ISBN 10: 0826448798 / ISBN 13: 9780826448798

Published by Bloomsbury Academic March 2003, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Religious Sacrifice: A Reader (Controversies in the Study of Religion)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic March 2003
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826448798
• ISBN 13: 9780826448798
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First Edition
• Condition: Good - Cash
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion

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Synopsis

This volume provides a thorough introduction to the major classic and modern writings dealing with religious sacrifice. Collected here are twenty five influential selections, each with a brief introduction addressing the overall framework and assumptions of its author. As they present different theories and examples of sacrifice, these selections also discuss important concepts in religious studies such as the origin of religion, totemism, magic, symbolism, violence, structuralism and ritual performance. Students of comparative religion, ritual studies, the history of religions, the anthropology of religion and theories of religion will particularly value the historical organization and thematic analyses presented in this collection.

About the Author

Jeffrey Carter is Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina.